A Must-Hear for Anyone Who Wants an End to Crippling Anxiety
I’ll keep this review long but to the point: This podcast changed my life. Even though I’d experienced anxiety and panic attacks long before I knew what they really were, it wasn’t until about two years ago that my anxiety started to really interfere with my daily life. At that time, seemingly out of nowhere and without warning, I began to feel lightheaded every time I drove my car. And when I say “lightheaded,” I don’t mean a little dizzy or slightly woozy. I mean full-on, industrial-washing-machine levels of “I’m one half-spin away from losing control of my Corolla and finding myself wedged inside the fender of an 18-wheeler.” At first, I approached the problem calmly and rationally: Obviously, I must be diabetic. How did I know? Well, every time I entered my car, my muscles tensed up. My breath got shallower and quicker. I felt trapped, suffocated, seconds away from fainting and living the rest of my days with the crushing weight of knowing that I embarrassed myself in public. My symptoms couldn’t have been more clear: Advanced diabetes was the only explanation. I won’t go into how I figured out I was actually experiencing panic attacks. (Spoiler alert: It turns out that diabetes isn’t made worse by traffic jams.) But I will say that even after I realized I was just experiencing anxiety, I couldn’t figure out how to get myself out of it. I started seeing a psychologist and made some progress in identifying a few problems with my thinking, but my anxiety wasn’t getting better. I was still feeling fear and panic whenever I got in the car and I felt hopeless. That’s when I stumbled upon this podcast. Maybe the first couple of episodes just caught me on a good day. Or maybe I was tired of banging my head against the same wall to no avail and needed a new approach. Whatever the reason, hearing from people who knew first-hand what I was going through and who could talk about it in plain terms was exactly what I needed. This podcast resonated with me from the beginning and completely changed the way I approached my anxiety. My panic attacks didn’t disappear overnight, but little by little, Kelli and Erica got me to look at the way I was talking to myself, at the expectations I was placing on myself, at the way I was approaching my challenges, at the way I was approaching my failures. And slowly but surely, I saw a change in myself. At the height of my anxiety, I never in a million years thought I would be able to get back on a highway without dying or breaking down. Today, I’m proud, astounded and relieved to say that I take I-95 to and from work every single day (in Miami, no less!) and my anxiety is under control. Thank you both for making this podcast. I can’t tell you how much it’s helped.
Pabli001 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/29/19
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